(Cleo Bowker Nelson's maternal grandfather)
Lewis Dunbar Wilson died in 1856. This probate record is from 1858.
It assigns guardianship of his two young sons -- Samuel and George -- to Lewis
Dunbar Wilson Sr's nephew (son of his brother Guy Wilson), Lycurgus Wilson.
He was also given money as part of the guardianship.
(FYI Lewis Dunbar Wilson Sr's wife Nancy had died giving birth
to Samuel back in Iowa in 1851, leaving him 9 children -- 2 of their
children died before Nancy died.)
(FYI Lewis Dunbar Wilson Sr's wife Nancy had died giving birth
to Samuel back in Iowa in 1851, leaving him 9 children -- 2 of their
children died before Nancy died.)
So if you look up Lycurgus, you'll see Samuel and George as his first two children.
Later in 1876, Lewis Dunbar Wilson's daughter Nancy Melissa on behalf of her husband
Joseph Steward, files a petition regarding Lycurgus' guardianship reporting;
it seems he owes money for something and is made to sell something to pay for it.
It's a long record and some of it is hard to read, but it's interesting.
it seems he owes money for something and is made to sell something to pay for it.
It's a long record and some of it is hard to read, but it's interesting.
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